Data and Code for: American Indian Wealth in the Early 20th Century

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Donn Feir, University of Victoria; Maggie Jones, Emory University; Angela Redish, University of British Columbia

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Project Citation:

Feir, Donn, Jones, Maggie, and Redish, Angela. Data and Code for: American Indian Wealth in the Early 20th Century. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-04-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E201881V1

Project Description

Summary: We use data from the Bureau of Indian Affairs annual reports between 1912 and 1927 to examine the wealth of Indigenous nations in the contiguous U.S. during the early 20th century. Our estimates reveal considerable heterogeneity in wealth holdings across Indigenous nations. In 1912, the average real per capita wealth of Indigenous nations was high relative to other groups, but it declined systematically throughout the period of our study. Given the available contemporary evidence, our estimates imply a dramatic widening of the wealth gap over the last century.

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JEL Classification:
N32 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S.; Canada: 1913-

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